The Grief of Watching a Parent's Memory Fade

Daily Devotions for Busy Lives · Aug 25, 2026 · 6m · transcript

Watching a parent lose their memory is a grief that starts long before anyone dies. Discover why that grief counts, and how numbering your days helps you love the parent who's here today.

There's a grief that comes long before the funeral. It shows up when your father asks the same question three times in an hour, or when your mother calls you by your brother's name. The person who raised you is losing pieces of themselves right in front of you, and there's nothing you can do to stop it. You go through it mostly alone, because the world doesn't have a category for it. There's no casserole for…